|
|
|
|
|
|
Calgon Carbon Awarded $9.4 Million Contract for Unique ISEP™
and Rayox® Systems
PITTSBURGH, PA — July 30, 2001 — Calgon Carbon Corporation
announced today that it has been awarded a $9.4-million contract from
a water utility in Southern California to design and provide its
unique ISEP+™ and Rayox® Ultraviolet/Oxidation systems for
the removal and onsite destruction of perchlorate,
N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), and 1,4 Dioxane from groundwater.
Calgon Carbon's state-of-the-art systems are the only ones approved by
the California Department of Health Services for the removal and
destruction of perchlorate and NDMA.
The project is scheduled for completion by June 1, 2002. The systems
will purify up to 11 million gallons of water per day and help to
provide pure drinking water for several communities in Southern
California.
Commenting on the contract, Robert P. O'Brien, senior vice president
of Calgon Carbon, said, "This is the second contract we have received
for the removal of perchlorate, NDMA, and 1,4 Dioxane from groundwater
in Southern California. We are pleased that another water utility has
chosen Calgon Carbon's leading-edge technology to purify its drinking
water. We look forward to applying our technology at other sites in
Southern California that contain perchlorate and NDMA."
Calgon Carbon Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
is a global leader in services and solutions for making air and water
cleaner and safer. The company employs approximately 1,000 people at
13 operating facilities and 12 sales and service centers
worldwide.
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe
harbor" for forward-looking statements. This document contains certain
statements that are forward-looking relative to the company's future
strategy and performance. They involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties that may cause the company's actual results in future
periods to be materially different from any future performance
suggested in this document. Further, the company operates in an
industry where it may be influenced by economic and other factors
beyond the company's control.
Contact: Gail Gerono, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate
Communications, (412) 787-6795; gerono@calgoncarbon.com
|
|
|
|